The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-15

SNhANt VI 1Oht Ah Ool'
face type prints, "Lccal option be
comes law And the press of tn
State speaks it's mind as to the mo
tiyes and PROBABLE results Of tn
measure Then quotes fri from
the Pontiac Bill Poster, the organ O
the free whisky Democracy in Oak
land county; second, from the Publi
Leader, the organ Of the whisk,
dealers of the State; and third, fror
the State Republican, almost the ON,
Republican journal Of any infuenc,
in the State which has steadily OPP
posed the local option law. JUS
and fair is it noR And yet that kline
of work seems to be the special mis-
sion of the Center.
The accomplished Fred Douglass
who since he was removed from Office
by Cleveland, has been journeyine
in foreign lands. in letter recently
published in the N. Y. Tribune SAYS
he is coming home with the knowl-
edge that the average man il tie
United States is better fed, clothed
and sheltered than in any OTHER part
of The world" To this fact, work.
ingmen of Michigan your attention
IS called. Also, TO this other fact,
that the workinsmen ia Michigan are
better off than their brethren in any
OF the older states. And, also, to
this other fact, that it is the develop
ment of American industries under
the protective policy of the Republi
can party that places on so much
above the workingmen Of the other
nations of the world.
We find the following in a late
issue Of the True Northerner, every
word of which has our warmest en-
dorsement: ''If we had the making
OF the next national Republican plat
form, II should contain at least three
prominent planks. In the first place,
il should embody resolution declar
ing squarely and unequivocally in
favor of legal prohibition Of the
traffic in intoxicating liquors.; in the
second place. it should explicitly de-
clare in favor of protection to Ameri-
can industry and American labor.
BY this we do not mean simply
protective tariff, but we mean in adj
dition to that, protection to Ameri-
can labor by rigid restriction of
foreign immigration, with whichshould
be coupled declaration that no
foreign landlordism should be per
mit,ed in this country ard limiting
the right tc acquire title TO real estate
exclusively to American citizens, and
in the third place, it should demand
a free ballot and fair count, and
insist strenuously upon the right of
everyl citizen to cast one ballot and
only one, without fear or intimida-
ton, and 10 have that ballot counted
just as it was cast"
From some "reminiscences recently
published we learn that Hon. II. b.
Rowlson, of the Hillsdale Standard,
commenced newspaper work June
goth, I843, and founded the Hillsdale
Standard June goth, 1916, of which
be has been all the intervening years
editor, publisher and proprietor.
That Don c. Henderson commenced
newspaper work on the 23d of Jan.
I843, at Allegan, was manager of the
Paw Paw Free Press, edited by the
late John Mckinney, in IS45; in IS47
and TO 1856 was employed on the N.
Y. Tribune as reporter, correspondent
and assistant political editor, and in
February 1856 established the Allie
gan Journal of which paper he is and
has been the distinguished editor,
with a brief exception in 1915
while he was editor OF the Grand
Rapids Daily Times, ever since, and
has made it one of the ablest and
soundest Republican papers published
anywhere. That Hon. Aaron b.
Turner founded the Grand Rapids
Eagle in 1874, of which paper he is
and has teen continuously editor
and which is and has been paper
commanding a national influence.
Of the Northern Asylum for the
insane at Traverse City, which ha:
been occupied only about eighteen
months, we find the following notes
in the Grand Traverse Herald, show
ing some Of the reasons for the enor
NOUS tax of S3oo,o year required
from the State for the support Of the
asylums for the insane: "The legisla
ture has passed the appropriation bill
for finishing the attics and building q
detached cottage at the Northern
asylum. This will afford much need
ed relief to the district. The insti-
tuition now contains SEQ patients
263 males and 237 females. The
cottage now on the grounds has beer
opened for the reception of male
patients, and is already full. There
are few more vacancies for females
The attics to be finished and furnish